The Aquarium
Feature short film
2024
Country: Italy
Runtime: 14 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Gianluca Zonta
Scriptwriters: Gianluca Zonta, Alessandro Salentino
Producers: Camillo Esposito, Andre Guido, Serena Marcone, Gianluca Zonta
Cameraman: Mirko Sgarzi
Sound engineers: Alessandro Gaffuri, Marco Biscarini, Alessio Vanni, Giovanni Tioli
Composer: Giuseppe Tranquilisino Minerva
Artistic director: Chiara Guadagnino
Starring: Giovanni Anzaldo, Barbara Venturato, Jacopo Costantini, Anna Pancaldi, Luca Ward (voice), Licia Navarrini (voice)
Production: Capetown, Trama
Vincenzo is on a first date with Sara, where he asks for help from an AI based app that prompts him what to say. Their love story develops, and then they arrange a blind date for their best friends, advising them both to use artificial intelligence.
2024
Country: Italy
Runtime: 14 min
Rating: 16+
Director: Gianluca Zonta
Scriptwriters: Gianluca Zonta, Alessandro Salentino
Producers: Camillo Esposito, Andre Guido, Serena Marcone, Gianluca Zonta
Cameraman: Mirko Sgarzi
Sound engineers: Alessandro Gaffuri, Marco Biscarini, Alessio Vanni, Giovanni Tioli
Composer: Giuseppe Tranquilisino Minerva
Artistic director: Chiara Guadagnino
Starring: Giovanni Anzaldo, Barbara Venturato, Jacopo Costantini, Anna Pancaldi, Luca Ward (voice), Licia Navarrini (voice)
Production: Capetown, Trama
Vincenzo is on a first date with Sara, where he asks for help from an AI based app that prompts him what to say. Their love story develops, and then they arrange a blind date for their best friends, advising them both to use artificial intelligence.
GIANLUCA ZONTA
DIRECTOR'S BIO:
Gianluca Zonta, born in 1980, holds a degree in Computer Science and Cinematography from the ADAMS University. He studied at the Carlo
Mazzacurati’ School, scriptwriting department. In 2009, he created the first Italian web series ‘COPS’. In 2015 he was the finalist for the Solinas Award for his screenplay for the film ‘Teresa, Luisa and #NotteRosa’. He has directed numerous short films, including ‘The Pizza Delivery Man’ (2019), presented at the Rome Film Festival in the section ‘Alice in the City’, which won more than 50 awards at Italian and international festivals; ‘The Right to Vote’ (2021), a political and science fiction tale that won at the Elche and Galacticat festivals in Spain; and ‘The Aquarium’ (2024), a story about love and artificial intelligence, that premiered at the Cortinametraggio Festival, where it won the Technical Jury Prize and the Audience Award.
Gianluca Zonta, born in 1980, holds a degree in Computer Science and Cinematography from the ADAMS University. He studied at the Carlo
Mazzacurati’ School, scriptwriting department. In 2009, he created the first Italian web series ‘COPS’. In 2015 he was the finalist for the Solinas Award for his screenplay for the film ‘Teresa, Luisa and #NotteRosa’. He has directed numerous short films, including ‘The Pizza Delivery Man’ (2019), presented at the Rome Film Festival in the section ‘Alice in the City’, which won more than 50 awards at Italian and international festivals; ‘The Right to Vote’ (2021), a political and science fiction tale that won at the Elche and Galacticat festivals in Spain; and ‘The Aquarium’ (2024), a story about love and artificial intelligence, that premiered at the Cortinametraggio Festival, where it won the Technical Jury Prize and the Audience Award.